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Definition: Hemoptysis |
HemoptysisNoun1. Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Bronchial hemorrhage manifested with spitting of blood. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hemoptysis is the expectoration of blood or of blood-stained sputum from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs.
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Synonym: HemoptysisSynonym: haemoptysis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hemoptysis |
| Specialty definitions using "hemoptysis": TMA pulmonary disease-anemia syndrome, trimellitic anhydride pulmonary disease-anemia syndrome, Tuberculosis, Laryngeal. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These include sinusitis (inflammation of the nasal sinuses, which are cavities in the skull behind, above, and on both sides of the nose), nasal polyps (fleshy growths inside the nose), clubbing (rounding and enlargement of fingers and toes), pneumothorax (rupture of lung tissue and trapping of air between the lung and the chest wall), hemoptysis (coughing of blood), cor pulmonale (enlargement of the right side of the heart), abdominal pain and discomfort, gassiness (too much gas in the intestine), and rectal prolapse (protrusion of the rectum through the anus). (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hemoptysis | 55 |
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| Language | Translations for "hemoptysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | endemisk hæmoptyse (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), endemisk blodhoste (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), blodstyrtning (hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis). (various references) | |
Dutch | haemoptysis parasitica (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), haemoptysis endemica (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), sterke bloeding (hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis), paragonimiasis (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis). (various references) | |
Finnish | veriyskä. (various references) | |
French | hémorragie massive (hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis), hémoptysie (hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis), paragonimiase (endemic hemoptysis), distomatose pulmonaire (endemic hemoptysis). (various references) | |
German | endemischer Bluthusten (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), Blutsturz (haemoptysis, hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis). (various references) | |
Greek | μαζική εξωτερική αιμοραγία από διάτρηση μεγάλης αρτηρίας (hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis), ενδημική αιμόπτυση (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis). (various references) | |
Italian | emottisi (haemoptysis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emoptysishay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hemoptise endémica (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), hemoptise (haemoptysis). (various references) | |
Spanish | hemoptisis endémica (endemic blood cough, endemic hemoptysis), hemoptisis (haemoptysis, hemoptoe, violent hemoptysis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "hemoptysis" (pronounced 'He*mop"ty*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-m-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: isohyets, isotypes, mistypes, phimoses. | |
-3 letters: homiest, imposes, imposts, isohyet, isotype, misstep, misstop, mistype, mitoses, mopiest, myopies, ophites, optimes, poshest, potsies, somites, sophies, sophism, sophist, sopites, stymies, theisms, typhose. | |
-4 letters: estops, heists, hoises, hoists, hyssop, impose, impost, mioses, misset, moiety, mopish, moseys, moshes, myopes, myoses, myosis, mysost, mythoi, mythos, ophite, optime, pestos, physes, physis. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-m-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: polytheisms. | |
+2 letters: scyphistomae, xerophytisms. | |
+3 letters: physostigmine, phytochemists, psychometrics, psychometries. | |
+4 letters: amphiprostyles, metempsychosis, physostigmines, psychrometries. | |
+5 letters: hypermodernists, sympathectomies. | |
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